Louis Rubio

Louis Rubio (24 March 1786-4 June 1879) was a French soldier who was a recipient of the Legion of Honor award during the Napoleonic Wars. He was a Major by the end of the wars.

Biography
Louis Rubio was born in Chalon-sur-Saone in eastern France in 1786, and was called up during the levee en masse in 1805 at the age of 19. Rubio was assigned to a regiment of Old Guard grenadiers during the Third Coalition and fought with the elites during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1812 he gained the Legion of Honor for service in the Battle of Borodino, where he carried a French flag to the town of Smolenskaya, the first soldier to reach the town's limits during the onslaught. He was shot in the leg during the conflict, and Emperor Napoleon saw to it that Rubio was taken care of. Rubio re-joined the army as a Captain of the French army during the new levee en masse of 1814, and fought in the Battle of Bar-le-Duc, where he was the flag bearer of a regiment of Old Guards. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, he was loyal to the new Kingdom of France and was given the rank of Major. Rubio died in his hometown in 1879.